France is through to the semi-finals, and the path there looked about as dramatic as you would expect when Kylian Mbappé is involved.
Les Bleus dispatched Morocco 2-0, with the match’s defining narrative hinging on a single player’s worst moment and then, minutes later, his best.
How it happened
Mbappé stepped up for a first-half penalty and missed. Not the start anyone scripted for the world’s most recognizable forward.
Then the second half began, and Mbappé corrected the record with a goal described as a significant curling effort, restoring the expected order of things.
